evaluate
Definitions
To judge or determine the quality, importance, or value of something
评估，评价
(maths) to work out the numerical value of an expression
（数学）求……的值，计算
Root Breakdown
Root-derivede- (out) + value + -ate (to do) = 'to draw the value out.' To evaluate something is to extract a judgment of its worth — to figure out how much it counts for. In maths the same idea is literal: evaluate an expression = work out its value.
Root val still carries 48 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.evaluate the risks评估风险
- 2.evaluate performance评估表现
- 3.evaluate options评估各种选择
- 4.carefully evaluate仔细评估
- 5.evaluate evidence评估证据
Example Sentences
- 1.
Teachers evaluate students' progress at the end of each term.
- 2.
We need to carefully evaluate the risks before investing.
- 3.
Evaluate the expression when x equals five.
Synonym Comparison
- evaluate — to judge worth or quality, often systematically
- assess — close to evaluate, often with a number or grade attached
- appraise — to judge value, especially money value of property
- gauge — to estimate or measure roughly
- rate — to rank or score on a scale